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Island Profile: She flew out of Dodge and landed in paradise
Shelter Island Library board member Phyllis Gates, who is also active in the League of Women Voters, was born in 1941 in Dodge, a small Nebraska town about 20 miles from Omaha. She eventually moved,...
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Island Profile: Acting was in her blood, but cooking was in her heart
Carrie Mitchum has traveled a very long and winding road. Beginning life in Los Angeles, with stops along the way in Spain, North Africa, Asia, Paris and also Alabama during Hurricane Katrina, this...
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Island Profile: ‘What’s Shelter Island?’ she once wondered aloud
Did Lois Morris ever imagine, when she first bought a house here in 1984 — divorced, just past 40, barely employed, and knowing no one — that in 2012 she would be married, making a good living as a...
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Island Profile: Return to politics after leaving city
When Bob DeStefano Sr. retired in 2011 as golf pro at the Gardiner’s Bay Country Club after more than 50 years, that retirement set events in motion that were significant both for him and for his son,...
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Island Profile: Paige and Nick Morehead
CAROL GALLIGAN PHOTO | Paige and Nick Moorehad with 3-year-old son, Cayman. Paige Clark Morehead, who is in her 30s, married to Nick Morehead and the mother of three-year-old Cayman, was born and grew...
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Island Profile: Always prepared to serve and protect
Andy Steinmuller’s heart has always been with his family, his friends and with the volunteer firemen he’s served with wherever he’s found himself, from Queens to Nassau to Shelter Island. Active with...
View ArticleShelter Island School senior Abby Kotula is a quiet leader out to see the world
Abby Kotula is vice president of the Shelter Island Class of 2020, a multi-sport athlete, and although she doesn’t consider herself a great cook, when it’s time for macaroni and cheese, her...
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Island Profile: Mary Fran Gleason, a Shelter Island life of sadness and joy
When Mary Fran Gleason came to live on Shelter Island in 1969, she was the 13-year old daughter of a family in crisis. Her mother, Marion Gleason, had sold their home in Virginia, moved the family of...
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